The latest flashpoint, which hits the Supreme Court on Wednesday, involves a proposed storage site in West Texas. ...

The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...

Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico ...

"Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the permanent solution," said Justice Neil Gorsuch during the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.

Federal officials have backtracked on plans to cancel a lease for office space in New Mexico where dozens of U.S. Department ...

The federal government says the Texas plaintiffs are misreading the law in a way that would disrupt the nuclear power industry, which supplies about one-fifth of the nation’s electricity. Since 1980, ...

A growing number of energy companies are looking to nuclear recycling as a way to address waste management concerns while strengthening domestic fuel supply. Ed McGinnis, the former assistant ...

These smaller reactors are touted by proponents as safe options that produce less waste and can be tailored to specific energy needs. But nuclear energy brings plenty of risks: the waste it ...

Fast neutron reactors can increase efficiency of nuclear energy and shrink the environmental footprint of radioactive waste. Several countries are looking to these innovative reactors to help ensure a ...